Re[2]: [PATCH] vfat write wrong value into lcase flag

[Nerijus Baliunas <nerijus@users.sourceforge.net>]

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On 10 Aug 2001 03:16:34 +0900 OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> wrote:

OH> Nerijus Baliunas <nerijus@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
OH> 
OH> > On 09 Aug 2001 00:30:58 +0900 OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> wrote:
OH> > 
OH> > OH> The current vfat is writeing wrong value into lcase flag.  It is
OH> > OH> writing the lowercase flag, although filename is uppercase.
OH> > 
OH> > Hello,
OH> > 
OH> > In December 1999 I sent my investigation about short filenames in vfat:
OH> 
OH> [...]
OH> 
OH> > I think Linux should create files like win98
OH> > (because NT shows them correctly) and show like NT.
OH> 
OH> The _current vfat_ uses the following rule.
OH> 
OH>   name                   attribute                         used direntry
OH> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
OH> foo.txt  LONG_FILENAME, CASE_LOWER_BASE | CASE_LOWER_EXT         2
OH> foo.TXT  LONG_FILENAME, CASE_LOWER_BASE | CASE_LOWER_EXT         2
OH> FOO.txt  LONG_FILENAME, CASE_LOWER_BASE | CASE_LOWER_EXT         2
OH> FOO.TXT               , CASE_LOWER_BASE | CASE_LOWER_EXT         1
OH> Foo.TXT  LONG_FILENAME, CASE_LOWER_BASE | CASE_LOWER_EXT         2
OH> FOO.Txt  LONG_FILENAME, CASE_LOWER_BASE | CASE_LOWER_EXT         2
OH> 
OH> I missed something?

I don't know. Sorry, I didn't look at the code, but current (2.4.7) kernel still shows
filenames as I wrote in 1999. I am talking about filenames _without_ long entries.
Didn't test what current kernel writes, though.
I'm attaching floppy image, ungzip and loop mount it.

Regards,
Nerijus

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